Creating tools to improve maternal health in West Africa BroadReach, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will be developing a machine learning tool to improve maternal health as part of the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health project. Over the next two years and in collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences and the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), BroadReach will use actionable data insights to help improve maternal, neonatal …
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ANNOUNCEMENT: BroadReach achieves Microsoft Gold Partner Status
In the NewsWe are excited to announce that we have officially been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner status, earning the highest level of competence and expertise within Microsoft’s widely recognized partnership program. Backed by innovative thinking and technology, the Microsoft brand has long been associated with credibility and trust, and we are honored to be a part of …
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BroadReach urges HIV positive patients to remain on treatment to protect themselves from contracting severe cases of COVID-19
In the NewsThe ‘syndemic’ of HIV and other factors and diseases like COVID-19 was a major topic at the International AIDS2020 Conference (8-10 July 2020) as discussed by Ambassador Deborah Birx, US Government AIDS Coordinator and Coranavirus Coordinator for the White House, in her keynote address. BroadReach issued this advice following the release of their observational data …
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JIAS study: Same‐day antiretroviral therapy is associated with increased loss to follow‐up in South African public health facilities: a prospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with HIV
In the NewsAbstract Introduction South Africa introduced Universal Test and Treat in 2016 including antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation on the same‐day as HIV diagnosis. Our study sought to evaluate the impact of same‐day ART initiation on loss to follow‐up (LTFU) and mortality comparing with patients who initiated ART after their HIV diagnosis. Methods We conducted a file …
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Artificial intelligence unmasks Covid-19 hotspots
In the NewsWith Covid-19 cases rapidly spreading across the country, South Africans have been hearing a lot about hotspots, clusters and targeted testing lately. A home-grown cloud-enabled screening and communication app has been helping community health care workers in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal mark hotspots seamlessly by recording live community screening in real time. The Vantage community screening …
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ANNOUNCEMENT: 1 million people screened for COVID-19 on Vantage
In the NewsToday, 20 May 2020, marked a major milestone in our COVID-19 response efforts, as we exceeded 1 million people screened for COVID-19 on the Vantage Community Screening Application. This is a huge achievement across the BroadReach Group from the technology, engineering and delivery teams working remotely all hours of the day and night, to our …
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Watch: Africa’s response to Covid-19
In the NewsErnest Darkoh, BroadReach Group Founding Partner, was interviewed on Deutsche Welle, a top German national network. He gets to the heart of the Africa conundrum,“we cannot treat our way out of Covid in Africa, we must prevent it.” Interview: Covid-19 response in Africa – BroadReach Group
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Listen In: Using tech to tackle Covid-19
In the NewsAshley Holling, the Program Execution Manager at BroadReach Consulting talks to Cape Talk about how we have partnered with the Department of Health to roll out a COVID-19 community screening mobile app called Vantage across KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga in South Africa. To listen to the interview, click here.
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Mpumalanga launches Vantage mobile app to stop Covid-19 spread
In the NewsSouth Africa, 9 April 2020: BroadReach Group is proudly partnering with the Mpumalanga Department of Health to roll out its Covid-19 community screening mobile app, on the Vantage platform, today (9 April). Over the next month, thousands of community healthcare workers are being deployed throughout the province, with a population of 4.5 million, in a …
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BroadReach announces the appointment of Chris LeGrand as new global Group CEO
In the NewsBroadReach announces the appointment of global healthcare, technology and development veteran, Chris LeGrand, as Group CEO, effective 1 February. Chris will take over the reins during a dynamic point of growth of the award-winning social enterprise. ‘I have been a fan of BroadReach for many years, I am honored to be working with the founders …
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South Africa leading the way in the fight against HIV and AIDS
In the NewsHealth Minister Zweli Mkhize, officially announced that the first high prevalence district in South Africa, the Ugu District in Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) reached the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, a key milestone in controlling the HIV epidemic. Ugu has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world with 27% of the population HIV positive, making …
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Interview: BroadReach Consulting’s Ernest Darkoh on how tech innovations are improving healthcare in Africa
In the NewsAt the fifth Forbes Africa Future of Health Summit held in Sandton, Dr Ernest Darkoh, the co-Founder and co-CEO of BroadReach spoke to CNBC Africa’s Jill de Villiers about how technologies are set to improve healthcare on the continent, and the technological innovation spearheaded on the continent itself. To listen to the interview, click here. …
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Tackling HIV with AI
In the NewsTwo Balliol alums are achieving startling success tackling HIV in South Africa and beyond. Dr John Sargent and Dr Ernest Darkoh speak warmly of their time at Balliol as Fulbright scholars, John matriculating in 1993 and Ernest in1999, but they met properly at Harvard Medical School and have since built a joint career as co-founders …
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Podcast: Digital Health Today: Ending the HIV Epidemic with Digital Health
In the NewsOur Co-founder John Sargent, together with Kaakpema Yelpaala, founder of partners access.mobile, discusses digital health as a solution to ending the HIV epidemic. Listen here, or below:
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Interview: 9th SA AIDS Conference in Durban
In the NewsDr Ernest Darkoh, one of our Co-founders, was interviewed live on ENCA to talk about the SA AIDS Conference: Unprecedented Innovations and Technologies which took place from 11 – 14 June in Durban, South Africa. Organized by The Foundation for Professional Development (FPD), this conference is the second largest HIV conference in the world, and …
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